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Date: July 6th, 2009

Don’t Be Such a Negative Nelly

6 July, 2009 (03:00) | Physics |

Skulls in the Stars: Some musings on negative refraction
[I]s a negative refractive index necessary to have negative refraction? In fact, the answer is a resounding “no”, as apparently many researchers were aware even when Pendry’s first paper came out.

I Didn’t Check with Houston

6 July, 2009 (03:00) | Physics, Video |

But I was ‘go’ for launch. A couple of antacid tablets in a pill bottle with a snap-cap. A shelf glued to the inside lets the tablets stay dry until you tip it over. Launch happens after ~15-30 seconds. Not really an indoor toy, but …
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Not Part of the Solution

6 July, 2009 (03:00) | Art, Photos |

Aqueous
Things in water.
Check out Smoke, too

 

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